CLMT PRESENTED TO HOSPITAL FOR DIRECT ADMISSION DUE TO ACUTE KIDNEY INJURIES RELATED TO UNERLYING WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS. KIDNEY FUNCTION WAS WORSENING AND THE PLAN WAS TO ADMIT HER BECAUSE OF THE ACUTE FLAIR FOR PULSE STERIOIDS AND DIAGNOSTIC TESING TO INCLUDE BIOPSY. ORDERS WERE SENT WITH CLMT ON 12/7/2010 AT ADMISSIONS THAT NOTED ANEMIA AND TO MONITOR VITAL SIGNS AND LOW SODIUM NON CONCENTRATED TO SWEET DIET. INSD PHYSICIAN ORDERED ACCU-CHEKS AND INSULIN COVERAGE ON SLIDING SCALE. DR ORDERED A RENAL CONSULT. DR ORDEREATED COAGULATION STUDIES DONE ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 8 2010. ORDERE NOTED THT LOVENOX 30MG SQ, QD AFTER BIOPSY ONLY WHEN CLEARED WITH IR (INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY). THIS IS THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CLMT ALLEGES WRONG DOING.

Diagnostic Code :

Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition

NO MISDIAGNOSIS

Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim

Claimant alleges doctor allegedly notated an improper entry of order on December 7, 2010 for Lovenox following renal biopsy. Claimant alleges the administration of Lovenox was contraindicated and should have been approved by the interventional radiologist, and that Lovenox caused extensive bleeding leading to death on December 10, 2010.